Chapter 19, Flight Management Systems

Question 1

To define the destination airport on the FMC
route page requires entry of the airfield’s

Answer 1

Four-character identifier

Question 2

The page automatically displayed upon FMC
power-up is the

Answer 2

Identification page

Question 3

Program pins are defined by the

Answer 3

Aircraft wiring at the FMC connector

Question 4

Information entered into the CDU scratch pad
is displayed in the

Answer 4

Lowest section of the display

Question 5

Minimum flight time would be achieved with
a cost-index of

Answer 5

100

Question 6

Aircraft and engine type can be confirmed on
the

Answer 6

Identification page

Question 7

The use of metric/imperial units is determined by

Answer 7

Program pins

Question 8

Required entries into the CDU are indicated
by

Answer 8

Box prompts

Question 9

‘Not in database’ is an example of an

Answer 9

Advisory message

Question 10

Display of the identification page after power- up confirms the

Answer 10

FMC has passed its BITE check

Question 11

The FMC recognises specific aircraft types
by

Answer 11

The navigation database

Question 12

SIDs in the navigation database refer to

Answer 12

Departures

Question 13

The EXEC key lights up when

Answer 13

Data is entered for initialisation/
changes

Question 14

Alerting messages require attention from the
crew

Answer 14

Before guided flight can be continued

Question 15

The highlighted waypoint on the progress
page is the

Answer 15

Active waypoint